September 2007

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Very very quiet month, not many hires, mainly due to the weather, so not much to show I’m afraid.
Anglers that have been getting out have struggled for a fish, but that is usual for this time of year.
It does not last and the fish will start coming back. Snapper are being caught again close to shore and as soon as the weather improves the fishing picks up.
This gold painted boat came into the river mouth late this month. Obviously unaware of the way in
promptly hit rocks a little south of its present position. It backed off and tried again getting stuck on
the sand. The dinghy that you can just see along side went out and showed them the correct way in.
The usual way in and out is completely silted up and we have to use, what is known as
Secret Passage. I have been out and placed a whole lot of yellow markers to show the way.
This Secret Passage between the reefs only became possible when the Sand Spit got washed
away in the big flood. This is what we are using at the moment until the dredge arrives.

Oddly enough there were still a few tuna around as I hooked up on a big one during the local comp on
22nd September. We saw dolphins and birds working and thought we might have a go.
Heaviest game gear we had on board was 6kg and I got a hook-up within the first 5 minutes!
After half an hour it bust off without a sighting. I think we were a bit optimistic using
6kg at this time of year as they are usually well over 25kg!

I know I sent everyone a reminder to watch Adventure Bound on Access 31 as they were going to screen
the segment shot in my boats. Well sorry but I have to apologise, they pulled it again!
Something to do with avertorial content?
So in the end they won’t show it so you can watch it on Utube. Great snapper, dhufish and tuna.
These are the links
Triple tuna hook-up
Dhuie and snapper
Beach mulloway
Or go to the Adventure Bound website and view them there. Click this link.
http://www.adventurebound.com.au/news/latest/youtube_kalbarri_wa_offshore_episode.html
“Bite of the month” goes to Murray Johnson who caught this 26kg yellow-fin tuna at the beginning
of the month. He featured in last month’s newsletter so you have heard the story.

The 4.3m boat is still for sale, but the great ground breaking news is that I am going to replace it
with a 7.8m walkaround. Powered by twin 115hp 4-stroke Yamahas, giving you 10nm offshore.
This will be a very popular Gnaraloo boat, not to mention all the other places you can go with it.
Being built by Kevin at Preston Boats, it will look something like the 7.6m below.

I had a look at a lot of boats at the boat show and some of the fishing space on some boats was
so small I hade to leave the deck to change my mind! This one is built for space, it will have
a small cabin, walk right around and hopefully licensed for 7 persons (depending on the stability test).
Built with a beam of 2.5m, which still allows towing at night and without oversize signs.
Check them out at http://www.prestoncraft.com.au/
I don’t have all the hire rates worked out yet but it is already booked out for 3 weeks at Gnaraloo next year
and for 3 days over the Kalbarri Classic. I am still fishing the Kalbarri Classic but in the 6.1m as I have to
defend my title of Champion Game Boat under 7 metres!

Now to pay for it all I have sent my wife to drive haulpacs! Well actually it was her idea!
She has been trying to get a job driving them for 2 years now and has just cracked it.
Working 2 weeks on one week off, 12 hour shifts, first week day shift, second week night
shift and then home for 1 week. Hard, lonely work but the pay will get better with experience.

Loading dirt with about 3% Zircon in it. Gives the gloss to paint, ceramics
and believe it or not, Smartie shells etc.


Thevenard Island
This year the 6.1m boat spent a lot of time up at Thevenard Island in the Mackerel Islands group off Onslow.
Helen will take your booking if you would like to visit. Phone her on 9184 6444
bookings@mackerelisland.com.au
Check out the website: http://www.mackerelislands.com.au/


Dinghy for sale
So the dinghy is still for sale.
Unfortunately after the flood last year, the river is just too shallow, so I have had to stop
hirers taking the dinghy up river to avoid damaging my new motor. Therefore hires have
dropped off and it makes sense to sell it.
So it is on the market. It is in Perth, so if anyone wants to buy it, you can view it in
Glen Forrest, just ring my mate John Hoye on 9298 9177 or 0409 098 568 and he will show it off.

New motor less than 20 hours, 25hp Yamaha 4-stroke, 2 x orange hand held flares, 2 x red hand held flares,
2 x parachute flares, epirb, fire extinguisher, 4 x life jackets, anchor, 27meg radio, sounder, spare prop, boat cover.
All for only $12.000 and built to survey, so a very strong safe boat.

Here’s a common albatross that visits the boats during the winter/spring time. Very graceful in flight.
Real name, yellow-nosed
albatross, (yellow stripe on top of bill) not nearly as big as some of the other ones.

This is one of the bigger ones, a juvenile black-browed albatross.
(Pale bill with black tip, greyish neck)

Kalbarri Offshore & Angling Club, Local comp 18th August.
Good fish again during the comp.
Nic Bramwell with 2 dhuies from his dinghy and Daniel Tarasek with mulloway and 7kg snapper
from the beach. He claims to have lost a bigger snapper before this one!

After a lot of effort on my part, you can now view all my past newsletters in my Blog.
I have made two blogs; you can view all of my 2005 newsletters with photos at

http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2005.blogspot.com/

And from January 2006 to December 2006 with photos at

http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2006.blogspot.com/

And from January 2007 to present with photos at

http://www.murchisonboathirefishing2007.blogspot.com/

They are quite long URL’s so add them to your favourites for later.

http://www.youtube.com/v/USYbtyXxhvY
Short video clip of a double hook-up of big yellow-fin tuna from my boat in Kalbarri.

The caravan park at Port Gregory is under new management and a booking agent for my boats.
You can now book a boat and pick it up in Port Gregory.

Adventure Bound fishing shows are on Access 31, 7.30pm Saturdays.

Remember if you rent our accommodation you get big discounts on our boats.
Have a look on my website for the details, and check out the savings.


5-day weather forecasts, http://www.buoyweather.com/ go to virtual buoys, pick the location you want.
This is the one I go by!


Big bait – big fish
Laurie

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